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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates prepares to board a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft on Incirlik Air Force Base, Turkey, Sept. 15, 2008. Gates is scheduled to meet with Iraqi leaders and to preside over the changing of the commanding general of Multinational Force Iraq.

GATES APPROACHES GLOBEMASTER

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates prepares to board a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft on Incirlik Air Force Base, Turkey, Sept. 15, 2008. Gates is scheduled to meet with Iraqi leaders and to preside over the changing of the commanding general of Multinational Force Iraq.

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